After the retreat of Jiujiangkou, the situation in Jiangnan calmed down suddenly.Azig won a lot, but Zhao Ming and Longwu made a truce, and tens of thousands of Ming troops were routed and rushed back to the south bank, so that Azig had no opportunity to take advantage of it, and could only look at the river and sigh.For example, today, the overall strength of the Southern Ming Dynasty is about one point stronger than that of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, if Zhao Ming does not attack each other with the Longwu court, then the Qing army will not be able to cross the river.Only when the Southern Ming Dynasty was divided internally and turned into a number of forces fighting among themselves did the Qing army have a chance to reap the benefits.Zhao Ming did not attack Nanjing, like Zuo Liangyu, and frustrated Azig's plan.For a time, the Qing army could only be stationed at key points everywhere, resting and regrouping men, reorganizing prisoners, and waiting for the opportunity to fight again.The Qing army stopped here, and within the Ming Dynasty, all forces did not move.This time, the Longwu Imperial Court, the vitality was greatly damaged, coupled with the mutiny of the Xichuan soldiers, threatening the old nest of Huguang, coupled with the loss of troops in the imperial court, Zhu Yujian was unable to repel the Qing army and recover the Jiangbei Prefecture, and at the same time, he was also incapable of subtracting the Zhejiang system, so he could only maintain the status quo.This time the Ming Dynasty infighting, although Zhu Yihai was deposed, but Zhao Ming raised troops, defeated the imperial court forbidden army, forced the imperial court to finally release Zhu Yihai and others, for the prestige of the Longwu court, caused a huge blow, the Ming Dynasty was originally forced by the central authority, some of the town warlords, for the court of awe immediately reduced.This made the warlords of each town peek into the strong and weak inside the Longwu Imperial Court, and since Zhao Ming can force the imperial court and agree to his conditions, then the warlords of the various towns can also do it.Therefore, although Zhao Ming retreated, the Longwu Imperial Court was actually swept away.In this way, the small warlords will not obey the orders, and the big warlords will even seek to stand on their own and rebel, bringing great crises to the Longwu court.Now Zhu Yujian can only find ways to reshape the authority of the central government, but to re-establish his prestige, he still needs time to regain his strength, and before that, the Ming court can not be chaotic now.For this reason, Zhu Yujian only tolerated Zhao Ming, and at the same time ordered Zhu Yulu, the king of Tang, to squeeze out hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from Jiangxi's finances to Jingzhou to appease the Xichuan soldiers and make the Xichuan soldiers withdraw to Sichuan.Zhu Yujian wanted to appease the Xichuan soldiers first and ensure the safety of the base camp Huguang, but Sun Kewang was also ambitious, and after forcibly occupying Jingzhou, he already had the capital to compete for the world.Another branch of the Longwu court, the Zhejiang army led by Zhu Yihai, was the main force in the Ming Dynasty to resist the Qing army from the fall of the Hongguang Dynasty.At this time, the Zhejiang army on the south bank did not move after Zhao Ming took away tens of thousands of defeated troops at the mouth of the old river, and the Zhejiang army in Yangzhou has been secretly immobile after the Qing army went south.After Zhu Yihai escaped from Nanjing, he came to Zhao Ming's camp and was keenly aware of the changes in the attitude of the generals under Zhao Ming and the Zhejiang generals who had defected to Zhao Ming.Although Zhao Ming and the generals of the Zhejiang system are still very respectful to Zhu Yihai, after all, Zhu Yihai lost the position of prince and became an ordinary vassal king.Now, Zhu Yihai is the king, Zhao Ming is also the king, and Zhu Yihai has not had any savings in Nanjing in the past two years.Many generals of the Zhejiang army are also ethical and moral, and it is impossible to lead the silver of King Wu Yue, but they are loyal to Zhu Yihai.Eating people with short mouths and soft hands with soft hands, the generals of the Zhejiang army have gradually changed their mentality.Zhu Yihai was very keenly aware of this change, and after staying in Zhao Ming's camp for a few days, he crossed the river and went north to Zhang Mingzhen's camp.After Zhu Yihai arrived in Yangzhou, he gathered troops and horses, did not attack the Qing army, nor did he counterattack Nanjing in anger, but shrank his forces and guarded Yangzhou and Huai'an tightly.This internal turmoil in the Ming Dynasty tore apart the forces of all parties and made them no longer trust each other.In the face of Azig, who occupied several provinces in Jiangbei, the Zhejiang army, which was originally active in resisting the Qing Dynasty, also had concerns at this time and did not take the initiative to drive out Azig.Zhao Ming, the king of Wuyue, another branch of the Zhejiang system, was already in a semi-independent state at this time.In this turmoil, Zhao Ming controlled Zhejiang, took away tens of thousands of defeated soldiers, and ate too much and needed time to digest.Now that the internal unity of the Southern Ming Dynasty is superficially unified, but in fact it is in a state of disintegration, Zhao Ming is difficult to organize, and the Longwu Imperial Court, Zhu Yihai, and the people of the headquarters are fighting against Azig.The battle in Jiangbei made Zhao Ming no longer trust others, and it was difficult for the people in his headquarters to defeat Azig, so Zhao Ming stationed troops on the south bank, as long as Azig did not cross the river, Zhao Ming would not make a move.Under these circumstances, the war in Jiangnan suddenly stopped, reaching a temporary balance.Zhenjiang, inside the camp of Wu Yuejun.Zhao Ming looked at the will from the imperial court and couldn't help laughing, "The emperor asked the lone general to receive the rout of Jiangdong and send it back to Nanjing!"
Also ordered the lonely king to withdraw from Zhejiang and Zhenjiang!
”In the handsome tent, all the generals laughed, Wang Dana followed Zhao Ming for a long time, and when he saw Zhao Ming's expression, he couldn't help but seize the opportunity, got up and hugged his fists and said: "Your Highness, Nanjing is faint, the court is corrupt, Your Highness has the appearance of the sun and the horn, and this destiny is also!"
”When Zhao Ming heard this, he saw that there were many generals in the tent, perhaps because he was a thief, he was shocked, he stood up from the handsome position violently, and hurriedly shouted: "Wang Dana, how dare you say such a wild talk!"
If you say this again, you will not be spared!
”When Wang Dana saw Zhao Ming's reaction, he immediately didn't dare to speak.As Zhao Ming's strength grew, his subordinates would inevitably have some ideas, and they had already discussed privately what to do next, but everyone didn't know Zhao Ming's thoughts.Wang Dana also carried out a temptation, which means that the Longwu court was corrupt and incompetent, and Zhao Ming had the spirit of the Son of Heaven and instigated Zhao Ming to rebel on his own.The warlord power is like this, if the people below want to climb up, the people above must obey the will of the people below, otherwise they will block their way, and they may be abandoned by their subordinates, or even killed.This situation is very common in the late Tang Dynasty feudal town separation, as well as the period of five dynasties and ten kingdoms, sometimes the festival envoy and the feudal lord do not want to rebel, but there is no way, the people below do not agree, you are not the emperor, we still want to be the founding fathers, if you don't rebel, we will kill you, and then set up a new leader, take us to rebel.It is precisely because of this that the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were particularly chaotic, but Zhao Ming's control of his subordinates was not comparable to that of the late Tang Dynasty vassal lords and jiedu envoys.Seeing Zhao Ming's reaction, everyone didn't dare to mention it again, Tang Tong couldn't help but ask tentatively: "Your Highness, what about the will of the imperial court?"
”Zhao Ming said when he heard this: "The Azig army is pressing the border, and the lone king is preparing for the Qing army to cross the river, so it is necessary to deploy and coordinate the resources of the south of the Yangtze River. ”()